Ingenious: how research transforms our world
Episodes
A pacemaker that could help the heart heal
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For more than half a century, pacemakers have had one main job: keep the heart beating steadily. Now University of Auckland researchers are testing a ...
The strange science of the silent mind
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people can imagine a dog barking or hear a song playing in their brain.But about one in 125 have a silent mind. Now scientists are investigating ...
When everyone lived in an affordable home
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pre-colonial Māori didn’t have a housing problem. The Crown created one. Can the past give us clues to fix housing today?
Inside the new science of obesity
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Genetics, gut bugs, new drugs and surgery – this episode is about how groundbreaking research is changing how we understand and treat one of our mos...
Artificial intelligence: creativity or counterfeit?
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As AI tools churn out striking art, the question remains: when the spark comes from prompts and past data, is it creation - or just clever theft?
Ingenious is back for season 2!
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ingenious is back for another season exploring groundbreaking research and mind-expanding concepts. We meet the amazing people behind those ideas and ...
Is it time to fix democracy?
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world faces ‘democratic recession’. Today more people live in autocratic regimes than in liberal democracies. Researchers from the University ...
Dodge the debris: NZ science making space safer
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As if space was not dangerous enough, there are an estimated 130 million bits of space junk from 1mm to much larger in orbit, each shooting along at a...
Let's dance: how moving together can heal a fractured world
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of Ingenious learn about the researchers and artists applying the power of dance to heal an increasingly fractured world and how...
Digital twins: Next-gen crash test dummies behind a revolution in healthcare
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of Ingenious hear about how in the near future digital versions of ourselves will forecast how our bodies respond to surgery or ...
Lactose intolerant? You'd be surprised how many people are
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ingenious is a new podcast from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. In each episode we take a deep dive and talk to researchers about work th...